Swimming

This brochure describes basic safety measures for safety in and around pools.

This article provides information about keeping kids safe and secure in all types of water situations, such as boating and swimming, with tips for choosing U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets.

This article provides an age-by-age guide to swimming lessons and water safety tips for kids.

Learning to swim should be a priority for every family. It’s an important life skill that can play a key role in helping to prevent drowning. Children, and their parents, need to learn how to swim to help keep time in the water safe and fun! Here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the best time to start swim lessons and what to look for in a quality learn-to-swim program.

This article provides information on reasons to enroll a child in swim lessons, as well as where to find a swim program.

For many reasons, swimming is the best sport for kids to learn first. This article explains the benefits of swimming for children and why early lessons are important as well as how swimming can help children in school, sports, and more.